Our work to improve schools.
Our Partner: Folsom Cordova Unified School District
The Goal: Earn “Community Schools” grant funding for their diverse public schools.
The Strategy: We created a short film that demonstrated the district as a worthy candidate for this funding. We highlighted their commitment to their students and community as a whole.
The Wins: Attaching this film to their application helped them earn a total of 45.6 Million in funding.
“FCUSD had a vision for making each school in Rancho Cordova the center of wellness for their students and families, but it wasn’t until Autumn and Tamara were hired to tell our story that staff, district leaders, families and community leaders unfamiliar with Community Schools were able to really see and understand the vision.
We submitted the Ethical Narrative video of our vision with our grant application and 6 of our 7 schools received 7.6 million in funding for the next 5 years!”
— Kate Hazarian, MSW, ACC
Director, Strategic Initiatives and Support Services
Folsom Cordova Unified School District
Credits
Autumn Payne
Cinematographer / Editor
Tamara Knox
Cinematographer / Ethics Advisor
Andri Tambunan
Cinematographer
Greg Stidham
Cinematographer / Aerial Photographer